Annuity for life, 1746. Record' [---] Numb. [---] Received the [---] day of [---] 17 [---] by me [---] of George Nugent Grenville, Esq; one of the four tellers of His Majesty's receipt of exchequer, the sum of [---] in full for [---] months annuity, due the [---] day of [---] last past, of [---] per annum, during the life of [---] by virtue of an act of Parliament, (entitled, an act for granting to His Majesty several rates and duties upon glass, and upon spirituous liquors, and for raising a certain sum of money by annuities and a lottery, to be charged on the said rates and duties; and for obviating some doubts about making out orders at the Exchequer, for the monies advanced upon the credit of the salt duties granted and continued to His Majesty by an act of the last sessions of Parliament,) I say received by me [---] Witness.
Shelley, John,1730-1783,former owner.StEdNL
[London : s.n.,
1746?]
ESTC
Manuscript inscriptions indicating the payment of £100 to Mr. John Shelley on an annuity of £200 per year on Feb. 15, 1781. Shelley was an MP and later Keeper of the Records of the Tower of London, worth £420 a year. In 1757 he became, Clerk of the Pipe, and in 1766 he became Treasurer of His Majesty's Household and was appointed to the Privy Council.
Printed material from the letters and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
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